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Rafale's range is 2.5 times more than a Sukhoi: Top IAF sources
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 17 (ANI): At a time when critics are questioning the operational capabilities of the Rafale combat aircraft, top IAF sources said the range of the French-origin aircraft is 2.5 times more than that of the Russian Sukhoi-30.
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Biofuel powered An-32, home grown platforms to be IAF main attractions at
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 16 (ANI): The home grown Light Combat aircraft Tejas and the Akash air defence missile system would be the main attraction of the Indian Air Force (IAF) tableaux at the Republic Day parade along with the 'Sutlej' An-32 aircraft which will for the first time take part i
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Defence Minister reviews operational preparedness of Andaman and Nicobar C
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 14 (ANI): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today reviewed the operational readiness of the Andaman and Nicobar Command in an exercise involving 10 warships, six aircraft and 700 troops including Navy and Army commandos.
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Dubai-bound SpiceJet flight returns Mumbai minutes after take-off due to t
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Jan 10 (ANI): A SpiceJet aircraft on Wednesday returned to Mumbai airport soon after taking-off for Dubai following technical glitch.
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Aviation Ministry summons Pratt & Whitney engine makers for review
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Jan 7 (ANI): In the backdrop of reports regarding the recurring glitches in the engines of Airbus 320 (NEO) aircraft, the Ministry of Civil Aviation on Tuesday has called the Pratt & Whitney (P&W) engines makers for review.
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IAF's An-32 to fly with biofuel at Republic Day flypast
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi, Jan 05 , 2019 (ANI): Going further green, Indian Air Force (IAF) has decided to fly the An-32 aircraft using biofuel at this year's Republic Day parade flypast.
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Kolkata-bound Indigo flight returns to Chennai due to technical glitch
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Jan 5 (ANI): A Kolkata-Chennai Indigo flight returned to Chennai shortly after take-off due to technical snag observed by the crew.
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IAF procurement was weakest under the UPA regime: Nirmala Sitharaman
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 4 (ANI): Hitting back at the Congress, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday accused it of “misleading” the country over the Rafale deal as she said the fighter aircraft proposed to be bought during the UPA was to cost Rs 737 crore each and not R
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Ahead of Rafale debate in LS, Rahul poses 5 questions to Sitharaman
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 4 (ANI): With the BJP and Congress engaged in war-of-words over the Rafale fighter jets deal, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday laid out five questions to Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
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Indian Air Force to deploy Rafale jets in Ambala, Hashimara
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 04 (ANI): With a view to positioning its most modern fighter jets on both the fronts, the Indian Air Force (IAF) will deploy one each squadron of the Rafale combat aircraft at its airbases in Ambala in Haryana and Hashimara in West Bengal.
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Jodhpur bound SpiceJet flight makes emergency landing at Ahmedabad
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], Dec 31 (ANI): A SpiceJet Ahmedabad-Jodhpur flight departed from here at 1509 hours for Jodhpur on Monday. At 1515 hours, the pilot informed Ahmedabad Air Traffic Control (ATC) that the aircraft had pressurisation failure.
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Mid-air collision of 3 international flights averted, AAIB to summon pilot
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 29 (ANI): The Aircraft Accident Incident Bureau (AAIB) will be summoning pilots of three international flights that narrowly escaped mid-air collision in the Delhi flight information region, sources in AAIB said on Friday.
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